Conservative immigration move branded scurrilous by Labour
As all three parties went back to full-throttle campaigning following a two-day lull due to the Pope’s funeral and the royal wedding, Conservative leader Michael Howard accused Labour of “playing fast and loose” with Britain’s national security by failing to get a grip on immigration. Speaking in the key marginal seat of Telford, Shropshire, Mr Howard said that Labour had been “pussyfooting around” with immigration during its two terms in office.
Immigration officials were being forced to turn a blind eye to illegal immigration, in order to keep down the official number of asylum-seekers and meet “meaningless” government targets, he claimed.
